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Apple, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, & others settle on micro-USB phone charger standard

One phone charger for all? There can be only one! According to Reuters, telecom firms have backed standard phone charger in Europe. No, hell hasn't frozen over. Yes, you will finally be able to use a single charger that... Full Story

Posted on June 29, 2009 11:19 AM

Palm Going the Way of the Dodo?

At a moment in time when smart phones are one of the few hot tech products, Palm, the industry's pioneer, appears to be dying. This morning, Global Crown Capital analyst Pablo Perez-Fernandez cut his rating on the company to... Full Story

Posted on November 24, 2008 5:02 PM

Only Apple and RIM Can Make Good Smart Phones?

The U.S. market for smart phones continues to be a tough nut to crack for the established handset makers. Top-tier players such as Nokia, Motorola and Samsung control 80% of the market for cell phones but have struggled in... Full Story

Posted on September 3, 2008 10:01 PM

Treo 800w: Now Finally We Get Wi-Fi ...

The first Treo device with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity is worth a look for companies running a Microsoft back-end infrastructure or for die-hard Treo users. Alas ...Although the Treo 800w is likely the best Treo smart phone Palm has delivered to... Full Story

Posted on August 25, 2008 7:32 PM

Palm 800w -- Life Beyond Apple, BlackBerry

Palm keeps turning out really solid products, but never seems to be able to recapture the magic of the introduction of the first Palm Pilot.Now, here's a smart fruit phone (Apple, BlackBerry -- get it?) alternative for you -- the... Full Story

Posted on July 14, 2008 6:59 PM

Palm Ups It to Treo 850

Palm keeps on churning out products --ahh, bet they still wish it was the heady days of the Palm Pilot ... Anyway, now surrounded by relentless competition, the yet-to-be released Treo 850 apparently features a 400 MHz processor and... Full Story

Posted on May 21, 2008 4:29 PM

Is Flip the Future of Video?

Just like Palm simplified the handheld organizer in what now seems eons ago, perhaps Flip Video is heading in the same direction with its low-cost, streamlined (I mean not a lot to learn) digital video camera at a price... Full Story

Posted on May 5, 2008 7:22 PM

Congrats to Netgear - wins Top 10 Gadgets 2007 Award

Netgear is #3 on Time Magazine's Top 10 Gadgets of 2007 for their Wi-Fi Skype phone - the Netgear SPH200W. The Netgear SPH200W sports 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, around four hours of talk time, WEP / WPA / WPA2 support, and of... Full Story

Posted on December 12, 2007 10:15 AM

Palm Foleo launches

The Palm Foleo is a mobile companion for Treos, turns on and off instantly, and runs on Linux. The Foleo has a large screen and full size keyboard to view and edit email and office documents. What's cool about this... Full Story

Posted on May 30, 2007 2:13 PM

NTP Says 'Hands Up' Palm

Not too surprising to see that NTP, the same company that got a bunch of millions from Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind the oh-so-popular Blackberry, is now going after Palm in the same manner. The Blackberry story was hot... Full Story

Posted on November 8, 2006 1:33 PM

New Treo 680 Smartphone for 'Mobile Accomplishers'

Here they are in all of their startling multi-colored glory -- the new Treo 680 from Palm.  The official launch was yesterday at DigitalLife in New York City. The target audience was very clearly defined during the press conference -- people who... Full Story

Posted on October 13, 2006 3:15 PM

Much Ado at DigitalLife

Well it wasn't a disappointed kickoff to DigitalLife 2006 at all yesterday! (And didn't really expect it to be either; wore outs lots of shoe leather walking the floor of the Javits Center -- but walking is good for you,... Full Story

Posted on October 13, 2006 1:46 PM

Articulation - VoIP on your Palm PDA

Palm users have been clamoring for VoIP on their Palm devices for quite some time. I've mentioned VoIP on Palm (including the Treo) in the past. mobiVoIP was the first to offer VoIP on a Palm device.  However, mobiVoIP only... Full Story

Posted on August 23, 2006 11:36 AM

Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition for Treo phones

Palm Treo smartphone users and GPS enthusiasts rejoice! Palm today announced the Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition, featuring the new TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 software, which is one of the most popular GPS navigation software packages. With the new GPS Navigator... Full Story

Posted on August 15, 2006 9:38 AM

Now You're Taking Desktop Audio (As in Treo)

Yes, you could call this a Treo owner's dream -- and you would be speaking the truth! Spefically designed for the Palm family of products, Altec Lansing's inMotion iMT1 is an amplified extension of my Palm Treo 650, serving as both... Full Story

Posted on July 27, 2006 5:46 PM

Palm rewards loyal Palm Treo owners

I just received this email offer from Palm which offers a free 1GB SD card i($99 value) f you are already a current Palm handheld or smartphone (Treo) owner. Wonder if they'll give me the $99 value SD card for... Full Story

Posted on May 22, 2006 1:14 PM

Palm Treo goes VoIP

VoIP for the Treo is now available. With the recent launch of the new Treo 700p, MantraGroup's timing to launch their VoIP client called mobiVoIP for the Palm-based OS couldn't be better. They claim to be the first VoIP solution... Full Story

Posted on May 19, 2006 1:30 PM

Palm Treo 700p review

Palm's Treo 700p, the heavily anticipated successor to the popular Palm Treo 650, launched on Monday. Speculation and rumors has surrounded the Palm Treo 700p as far as which features it would and would not support. For instance, speculation was... Full Story

Posted on May 14, 2006 11:59 PM

Handhelds a dying breed?

IDC put out a report two weeks ago about handheld shipments continuing their decline, which is something that I've been predicting for quite some time. Handheld PDAs such as PocketPCs and Palm Pilots are superceded by Windows Mobile and Palm... Full Story

Posted on May 8, 2006 6:45 PM

Krusell's on the Case

Mobile phone cases and PDA cases are big business. After you’ve dropped a few bucks on these gadgets, you need to protect them from scratches, drops and other potential end-of-life occurrences.You may remember I’ve just moved from a Treo 600... Full Story

Posted on April 7, 2006 3:07 PM

Palm Celebrates 10th Anniversary As Gadget Innovator

Hard to believe that Palm is 10 years old this year! The PCs and Macs were established as household objects, when the world was next introduced to Palm’s mobile and handheld technology in 1996.From the company’s first product, the Palm Pilot handheld,... Full Story

Posted on March 27, 2006 2:54 PM

Blackberry Woes Lead to Treo Nod

Yesterday, I wrote about Blackberry's woes (and the pending woes of all of its many users) based on its unsettled lawsuit of its parent, Research in Motion, with NTP.Well, that situation made it clear to me that the way to... Full Story

Posted on March 3, 2006 4:06 PM

Palm T/X Is Cool

I've always been a big fan of Palm's products, and the T/X is everything a handheld organizer (remember those buzzwords?) was meant to be. Big and black, it's a sleek looking unit with a beautiful TFT screen (320x480) that almost... Full Story

Posted on January 19, 2006 2:00 PM

Palm's Z22 Gets Back to Organizer Basics

The Z22 organizer gets back to Palm’s roots when it decided that designing one device (a hand-held electronic organizer) to do a few select things would make everyone forget paper organizers, note pads or small pieces of paper scattered all... Full Story

Posted on December 30, 2005 9:15 AM

Blackberry Connect on the Palm Treo 650

Palm and Research In Motion (RIM) are working together to bring BlackBerry Connect to the Palm Treo 650 smartphone. Wow, I wonder how long before BlackBerry offers BlackBerry Connect to their arch rival, Microsoft? That is to say, I wonder... Full Story

Posted on October 17, 2005 11:05 AM